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The Impact of Information Literacy Skills on the Performance of Past Students at their Workplaces: The Case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

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dc.contributor.author Filson, Christohper Kwame
dc.contributor.author Kwafoa, Paulina Nana Yaa
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-12T09:51:46Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-12T09:51:46Z
dc.date.issued 2016-12
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3020
dc.description 7p.:ill en_US
dc.description.abstract Purpose: The study focused on the impact of information literacy studied at the University of Cape Coast on the work people do at their workplaces. Specifically it points out how lecturers may be involved in developing the skills of students to enable them maximise the use of informational resources to meet the requirements of the work they do. Methodology: The study embraced old students of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Head of ten Departments at where the majority of the respondents worked. Survey method was used for the study with questionnaires and interview as the instruments of data collection for the past students and Head of Departments of old students respectively. Findings The study revealed that the benefits of information literacy are enormous; thus information literacy is a contributory factor to performance of workers and employability of job seekers. Employers are now embanking on numerous trainings to make employees information literates. Implication: More need to be done by lecturers of the Information Literacy Skills Unit of the University of Cape Coast to make the course more transferrable Originality: UNESCO’s assertion that information literacy is a process for lifelong learning and an attribute of employability is a cause for concern, hence looking at how the transition from academic work to workplace calls for study. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.subject Human capital en_US
dc.subject knowledge en_US
dc.subject socio-economic development en_US
dc.subject information literacy en_US
dc.subject workplace en_US
dc.subject Employee performance en_US
dc.title The Impact of Information Literacy Skills on the Performance of Past Students at their Workplaces: The Case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana en_US
dc.title.alternative Journal of Applied Information Science,Volume 4, Issue 2. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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